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Compelling photo essays shows shift of youth

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Jun 24th 2007 2:00PM

I landed in my old city yesterday, and met my best friend Carrie at the airport. "He has changed incredibly in the last two months,"she said,"He's such a little boy!" When we see our kids everyday it's difficult to perceive the small changes: the ...
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Breast surgery for boys on the rise

by Sandy Maple, Posted Jun 19th 2007 12:32PM

Hating your body is not just for girls anymore. An increasing number of males are succumbing to the pressure to have the perfect physique and are undergoing surgery to make it happen. Like many women who have surgery for cosmetic reasons, the focus ...
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Starting to see more of the adult than the child

by Jen Creer, Posted Jan 25th 2007 10:31AM

My oldest son is 13 years old and counting. He is growing very tall, and frequently has growth spurts. During these times, he goes to bed earlier, sleeps later on the weekends, and notes that his joints ache. During this past week, I have noticed his ...
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Teen exhibiting strange behaviors in my kitchen

by Jen Creer, Posted Jan 3rd 2007 9:01AM

I am the kind of mother who likes to sleep in. And I know that my children don't necessarily like this fact. But during our winter breaks, I let them stay up later, and I happen to require more sleep than they do. I would set an alarm, but I have to ...
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How to handle an inappropriate comment?

by Heather Craven, Posted Oct 25th 2006 7:00AM

Last night while walking with my son and his 8th grade class to a nearby pizza establishment, I fell into step with one of my son's peers. He said to me, "No offense, but I think you and Loren (my son) have an abnormal relationship. But really, no ...
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Ambitious field trip with a side order of culture

by Heather Craven, Posted Oct 24th 2006 4:30PM

This week I am on an extended field trip with my oldest son's 8th grade class. Yesterday his class of 17 adolescent children loaded up into four cars and we trekked across Western Colorado and into the Southwestern corner of Utah to Cedar City to ...
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Late bloomers, do you have one?

by Heather Craven, Posted Oct 13th 2006 9:05AM

Adolescence is a time of so many changes in a child's life. So much happens in a young person's developing mind and body at this time of life that more often than not they do not want to stand out in any way or form from their peers. So what happens ...
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A link between family meals and adolescent development?

by Heather Craven, Posted Oct 1st 2006 8:00PM

A recent study examined associations between family meal frequency and developmental assets and high-risk behaviors among a national sample of adolescents. Anonymous surveys were distributed to 99,462 sixth to 12th grade students from public and ...
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There is a teenager lurking in my son's room

by Heather Craven, Posted May 3rd 2006 6:30PM

Although he is still two months shy of his thirteenth birthday, I suspect my son is already entering adolescence. His voice is becoming lower. He sleeps the sleep of a vampire, deep and long. I often find empty cereal boxes under his bed. And he is ...
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